Updates

Yesterday Jane Shilling wrote of 100 Days in the Daily Mail: ‘Saul David has come up with an ingenious approach. He tells the whole story  of the conflict in a series of snapshots of 100 key moments… The charm of this unorthodox technique becomes clear as soon as you open the book… A remarkable book.’ Click here for full review

Ben Shephard described 100 Days to Victory in today’s Observer as a ‘splendid read’, adding: ‘A fine writer, David has intelligently boiled down recent scholarship… Some of the best material involves the experiences of David’s relatives.’ Click here for full review

Great review of 100 Days to Victory in today’s Bookseller: ‘Excellent, original take on the war in which acclaimed military historian offers us vivid accounts of 100 “momentous” dates and events between 1914-18. It’s a great device, by which he brilliantly conveys the global scale of the conflict… If you usually find military history turgid, then you must read this.’

The first review of Saul’s new book appeared in today’s Metro. It reads: ‘Saul David has devised an ingenious structure spanning the entire conflict in 100 Days to Victory. Picking out 100 key dates and using a diverse range of voices, he creates a remarkably full picture of the 1914-1918 conflict. There are expected landmarks – the declaration of war, Verdun, the armistice – along with surprises (note the naval battle in the Falklands between Germany and Britain) and vignettes of intense drama, from the execution of a deserter to the final flight of the Red Baron. David’s quotations scream with shrill irony…’

Charles (Earl) Spencer has described  Saul’s new book 100 Days to Victory as a ‘a free-flowing work of great originality and insight’

Saul outlines the motivations of Europe’s leaders in an article on the origins of the First World War for today’s Sunday Telegraph monthly supplement, the first of 12. Click here for article

Tonight Saul appears as a guest presenter in episode 4 of ITVI’s primetime series Britain’s Secret Homes at 9pm. He will be talking about how Clifton House, Belfast’s original poor house, sparked N Ireland’s industrial revolution.

Saul will present two items on ITV1’s upcoming series Britain’s Secret Homes, a primetime broadcast in June 2013. He will investigate: Clifton House , Belfast’s poor house which was at the epicentre of Northern Ireland’s industrial revolution; and Balaklava House in Norfolk, the home of the last survivor of the Charge of the Light Brigade.